The Department of Justice has charged two former executives of dietary supplement maker Herbalife with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for bribing Chinese government officials for over a decade and then trying to cover up the illicit payments.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...